Listen to Episode 19 of the Compass Opioid Stewardship Coaches Top 5 Podcast!

In this episode, Dr. Stader and Dr. Bradley summarize and offer key insights for the following Coaches Top 5 picks, discussing the efficacy of 4 mg vs 8 mg naloxone nasal spray, a recent 29% decrease in overdose deaths associated with the injection route, but a 79% increase in smoking route overdoses, and more! 

• Cutaneous Electroanalgesia for Relief of Chronic and Neuropathic Pain (Link), Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, July 2023

• Recreational and Medical Cannabis Legalization and Opioid Prescriptions and Mortality (Link), Published in JAMA, January 2024

• Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths - United States, 2020-2022 (Link), Published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 2024

• A Regional Analysis of Low Back Pain Treatments in the Military Health System (Link), Published in SPINE, a Wolters Kluwer Health Journal, February 2024.

• Comparison of Administration of 8-Milligram and 4-Milligram Intranasal Naloxone by Law Enforcement During Response to Suspected Opioid Overdose — New York, March 2022–August 2023 (Link), Published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 2024